Future plans
BB: [climbing up on the arm of my chair] “You are my mama.”
PS: “That’s true. And you are my BB.”
BB: “Well, I am not going to have a kid.”
PS: “No? You’re not going to have a kid? Okay. How come?”
BB: “Because I’m going to be an engineer.”
PS: “Oh. Okay. But, you know, you can be an engineer AND have a kid. If you want.”
BB: “You can?”
PS: “Sure.”
BB: “But, then I have to marry a boy.”
PS: “To have a baby you have to marry a boy? Well. You can do it that way, yeah. But there are other ways.”
BB: “I think I would try to find a boy who was already a grown-up.”
PS: “Good idea.”
BB: “But, how would I know if he was already married?”
PS: “Um, you can ask him if he’s married. Or you can check his hand. If he’s wearing a wedding ring on his left hand, he’s probably married.”
BB: “So if he’s wearing a ring, he’s married?”
PS: “Well, if he’s wearing a wedding ring. See? On the fourth finger of his left hand.”
BB: “But… what if I can’t tell which hand is right and which hand is left?”
PS: “Oh, honey. You have a long time before you have to worry about this. Because you’re a long way from being a grown-up. So. Trust me, by the time you’re ready to worry about this, you won’t have any trouble telling the right hand from the left.”
BB: “Can two girls get married?”
PS: “Yeah. You know you have friends who have two moms.”
BB: “Uh, yeah. But I can’t marry you, right? Because you’re already married?”
PS: “Yeah. You’re not allowed to marry your mama. That’s one of the rules.”
BB: “But you can have a baby and be an engineer.”
PS: “Yeah.”
BB: “But… well, maybe I could just build things in the yard, so that I can stay home and watch the baby.”
PS: “Or, if you marry a boy, he could stay home and take care of the baby.”
BB: “If you marry a girl?”
PS: “She could stay home and take care of the baby. Or you both could go to work and you could pay someone to take care of the baby. Or you can ask Mama to come over, and I’ll take care of the baby while you go to work.”
BB: “Okay, Mama. That sounds good. I love you.”
PS: “I love you, too.”
PS: “That’s true. And you are my BB.”
BB: “Well, I am not going to have a kid.”
PS: “No? You’re not going to have a kid? Okay. How come?”
BB: “Because I’m going to be an engineer.”
PS: “Oh. Okay. But, you know, you can be an engineer AND have a kid. If you want.”
BB: “You can?”
PS: “Sure.”
BB: “But, then I have to marry a boy.”
PS: “To have a baby you have to marry a boy? Well. You can do it that way, yeah. But there are other ways.”
BB: “I think I would try to find a boy who was already a grown-up.”
PS: “Good idea.”
BB: “But, how would I know if he was already married?”
PS: “Um, you can ask him if he’s married. Or you can check his hand. If he’s wearing a wedding ring on his left hand, he’s probably married.”
BB: “So if he’s wearing a ring, he’s married?”
PS: “Well, if he’s wearing a wedding ring. See? On the fourth finger of his left hand.”
BB: “But… what if I can’t tell which hand is right and which hand is left?”
PS: “Oh, honey. You have a long time before you have to worry about this. Because you’re a long way from being a grown-up. So. Trust me, by the time you’re ready to worry about this, you won’t have any trouble telling the right hand from the left.”
BB: “Can two girls get married?”
PS: “Yeah. You know you have friends who have two moms.”
BB: “Uh, yeah. But I can’t marry you, right? Because you’re already married?”
PS: “Yeah. You’re not allowed to marry your mama. That’s one of the rules.”
BB: “But you can have a baby and be an engineer.”
PS: “Yeah.”
BB: “But… well, maybe I could just build things in the yard, so that I can stay home and watch the baby.”
PS: “Or, if you marry a boy, he could stay home and take care of the baby.”
BB: “If you marry a girl?”
PS: “She could stay home and take care of the baby. Or you both could go to work and you could pay someone to take care of the baby. Or you can ask Mama to come over, and I’ll take care of the baby while you go to work.”
BB: “Okay, Mama. That sounds good. I love you.”
PS: “I love you, too.”
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